No point in taking pictures inside the Prado, so here's the southern end of it. Big blocky building. wooo.
With a statue in front of it. Double wooo.
We next wandered over to the Parque del Buon Retiro (Park of Good Rest). It was quite ... well ... restful. Very peaceful and relaxing.
And freakin' HUGE.
Spring is approaching rapidly. I bet this city is beautiful when everything starts blooming.
Without any real idea of what we were doing, we just wandered.
We found a little hill so we, of course, climbed up and took in the spectacular sights as viewed from 5m (20') in elevation. Awesome.
My sunglasses got trashed in Costa Rica, so I had to get a new pair. ¡¡muy guapo!!
Uuuh, this looks like a condom tree. Except it's not.
There's something quite cool about bare trees. I've always loved the image.
Fountain!
Chick roller-skating around the fountain. She was gettin' all jiggy with it.
There's a huge pond here, absolutely overflowing with goldfish / coy.
I looks a bit like the red death in this photo, but it's really just a huge school of fish.
Lots of young school kids (mostly French, for some reason) toolin' around in the rental boats.
What a nice day to wander around!
What man-made pond would be a man-made pond without a huge monument on the other side?
We have no idea what this building is for. It was closed. But it's cool-ish.
This the Palacio de Cristal. It's very glassy.
I believe it's used only for private parties, et al.
But it has a pond out front with ducks, so it's okay.
I bet it's hotter than butt here in the summer!
We walked back to the Palacio Real, and found that it was, indeed, open today. W0000T!!111!!one!!!1!!
Here's a cool that I took. Pimpin'!
The views of the cathedral across the plaza are awesome.
As are those of the rest of the city down and beyond.
Apparently, if you're king, they build you nice homes. Sweeet.
The entranceway. Must be nice!
The ceiling.
One of the zillions of swanky rooms they trundle you past.
So, how do they keep the huddled masses from goonkin' the place up? They pad and cover everything.
This is where they eat. It only seats about 50 though. This must be the small dining room.
Of course, when you're this rich, you get your own church too.
This whole room is made of tiles and silk prints.
Royal Girl!